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Membership categories

Here is the range of membership categories you can choose from:

Master Plumbers membership

To become a Master Plumbers member, you must have been engaged in business for at least six months and have a certifying (formerly craftsman) licence. This includes licensed drainlayers who meet the PGD Board's requirements for becoming certifiying drainlayers under the new Act. Master Plumbers membership caters for everyone from sole traders to small businesses and larger employers. 

Master Plumbers membership is also open to businesses, such as energy companies and city councils, who employ plumbers, gasfitters or drainlayers but who are not themselves practitioners.

The Master Plumbers membership fee is $852 plus GST per annum.

Master Plumbers membership entitles you to a wide range of member benefits.

By becoming a member you have the added opportunity to join your regional Association for a small fee, providing you with local support, informative meetings and a great opportunity to network.

Associate membership

Associate membership is open to:

  • those who have retired from business as a Master Plumber
  • any individual or organisation that has a significant association with the industry.

The associate membership fee is $400 plus GST per annum.

Associate membership entitles you to receive NZ Plumbers' Journal and our MP Alerts! e-newsletter.

Associate employee membership

This category is open to certifying plumbers, gasfitters and drainlayers who are employed by an organisation or company that is not itself a plumbing, gasfitting or drainlaying business.

The associate employee membership fee is $150 plus GST per annum.

Associate employee membership entitles you to receive NZ Plumbers' Journal, our MP Alerts! e-newsletter and discounted rates on Master Plumbers CPD upskilling courses.

Employee membership

If you are employed by a Master Plumbers member company, you can apply for employee membership with the support of your employer.

The employee membership fee is $80 plus GST per annum.

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